A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThere is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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